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Events from the year 2024 in the United Kingdom. This year is noted for a landslide general election victory for the Labour Party under Keir Starmer.

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Events

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January

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  • 1 January
  • 2 January
    • Storm Henk:
      • The Met Office issues a severe weather warning as Storm Henk hits parts of the UK, bringing winds of up to 80 mph (128 km/h), along with the risk of flooding.[7]
      • A man in his 50s dies on the A433 near Kemble, Gloucestershire after a tree falls on his car during high winds.[8][9]
      • At the London Eye, strong winds blow open a pod hatch while a family of 11 is 400 ft in the air.[10]
      • Footage emerges of a mother and her three-year-old daughter being rescued from a submerged car in Birmingham.[11]
      • An 87-year-old woman dies on the B4526 near Crays Pond, Oxfordshire after the car she is driving hits a fallen tree.[12]
    • Research published by the RAC indicates that the target set by the UK government for installing rapid or ultra-rapid chargers near motorways was missed during 2023.[13]
    • Provisional data released by the Met Office indicates 2023 was the second warmest year on record in the UK behind 2022, with Wales and Northern Ireland experiencing their warmest year on record during 2023.[14]
    • 16-year-old Luke Littler beats Rob Cross to reach the World Darts Championship final, making him the youngest person to reach the final; overtaking Kirk Shepherd who was 21 years and 88 days old when he reached the 2008 final.[15]
  • 3 January
  • 4 January
  • 5 January
    • The Metropolitan Police says it is not investigating allegations against Prince Andrew after unsealed court papers in the United States contained groping allegations against him.[22]
    • Critics brand comments by Sir Howard Davies, chair of NatWest, as "astounding" and "out of touch with reality" after he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was "not that difficult" for someone to buy a house.[23]
    • Chris Skidmore, MP for Kingswood, announces his intention to stand down from Parliament "as soon as possible" in protest at the UK government's decision to issue more oil and gas licences. His decision will trigger another by-election.[24]
    • Lawyers representing potential victims of the British Post Office scandal say they have been contacted by a further 50 people following the broadcast of the ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office.[25]
  • 6 January
  • 7 January
    • Sir Keir Starmer admits he worries about the toll of a general election year on his two teenage children as he and his wife try to keep them out of the public eye.[28]
    • Sunak describes the Post Office scandal as "an appalling miscarriage of justice" and says the government is looking at ways to clear the names of those convicted because of faulty IT software.[29]
  • 8 January
    • Mondelez International announces plans to celebrate the bicentenary 200th Anniversary of Cadbury.[30]
    • Chinese authorities claim to have detained an individual who they say has been working for the British Secret Intelligence Service MI6.[31]
    • Ofgem grants permission for energy companies to resume the forced installation of prepayment meters a year after the practice was suspended and after drawing up new rules that prohibits them being installed under certain conditions, such as households where the occupant is over 75, where there are children under two, and for those with certain health conditions.[32]
    • At an event held in Parliament Square, the actor Idris Elba calls on the UK government to introduce an immediate ban on the sale of zombie knives and machetes to reduce the number of young people losing their lives because of the weapons.[33]
    • London and the south-east see a mix of snow, sleet, and rain as the country braces for a week-long cold spell.[34]
    • British Post Office scandal:
  • 9 January
    • Economists say that funding the student loans system in England is expected to cost the government an extra £10 billion a year.[37]
    • British Post Office scandal:
      • Secretary of State for Justice Alex Chalk tells Parliament the UK government is giving "serious consideration" to introducing legislation to quash the convictions of the 700 or so sub post masters who were prosecuted as a result of the Horizon IT scandal.[38]
      • Former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells announces that she will hand back her CBE after more than a million people signed a petition calling for her to do so.[39]
      • Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey, who was Post Office minister during the scandal, comes under pressure to return his knighthood.[40]
  • 10 January
    • British Post Office scandal:
      • Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces that emergency legislation will be brought through Parliament to "swiftly exonerate and compensate victims" of the Post Office scandal in England and Wales.[41]
      • First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf confirms those in Scotland convicted because of the scandal will also be cleared, and that he will work with the UK government to bring this about.[42]
    • Baroness Heather Hallett, chair of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, confirms the inquiry will postpone the start of hearing evidence about the development of a vaccine as more time is needed to prepare for a separate investigation into the impact of COVID-19 on the NHS. Consequently, the vaccine evidence, which was due to begin being heard in Summer 2024 may not begin until after the next general election.[43]
    • HS2 Ltd releases a revised forecast for building the London to Birmingham leg of the High Speed 2 rail link, which is now estimated to total £65bn.[44]
  • 11 January
  • 12 January
  • 13 January
  • 14 January
  • 15 January
    • The portrait of King Charles III for use on public buildings, such as courts and government offices is unveiled.[66]
    • Another week of strike action is announced by the ASLEF train drivers union, to run from Tuesday 30 January until Monday 5 February.[67]
    • The Home Office announces that it will proscribe the radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir as a terrorist organisation, accused of praising the Hamas attacks.[68][69]
    • A review into investigations conducted by Greater Manchester Police between 2004 and 2019 finds that girls were "left at the mercy" of paedophile grooming gangs for several years because of failings by senior police and council bosses.[70]
    • Alison Phillips confirms she will stand down as editor of the Daily Mirror at the end of January, having been in the role since 2018.[71]
  • 16 January
    • Schools are closed and commuters face disruption following snowfall across parts of the UK.[72]
    • Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith resign their positions as Deputy Chairmen of the Conservative Party, after saying they would back rebel amendments on the Rwanda bill.[73] Jane Stevenson also resigns as a Parliamentary Private Secretary so she can vote for the amendment.[74]
    • British brothers Stewart and Louis Ahearne are sentenced to three and a half years in prison by a court in Switzerland for their part in a 2019 robbery of Ming dynasty art from a museum in Geneva.[75]
    • The Met Office issues a warning for what is expected to be the coldest January night since 2010.[76] Temperatures fall to −14 °C in parts of Scotland, while the following night (17 January) is the coldest of the winter for many places.[77]
    • Giving evidence to the inquiry into the Post Office scandal, Paul Patterson, the chief executive of Fujitsu Europe, says the company has a "moral obligation" to contribute to compensation for sub-postmasters wrongly prosecuted as a result of its faulty IT software, and apologises for the impact the scandal had on those affected by it.[78]
  • 17 January
  • 18 January
    • The UK Statistics Authority rebukes the prime minister for misleading the public over the backlog of asylum applications, which he claimed in a social media post had been cleared, while several thousand still remained. The UKSA says the claim could have affected public trust in the government.[84]
    • A newborn girl is found in a shopping bag in Newham, London. It is thought that she was less than an hour old when she was found.[85]
    • The legal deadline to form a Northern Ireland Executive. On the same day, over 150,000 public sector workers stage a general strike across Northern Ireland.[86][87]
  • 19 January
  • 20 January
  • 21 January
    • Weather alerts, including two amber warnings, are issued for the entire UK as Storm Isha brings winds of up to 99 mph.[97][98]
    • A technical fault prevents some Tesco grocery orders from being fulfilled.[99]
    • A spokesman for Sarah, Duchess of York confirms she has been diagnosed with malignant melanoma following the removal of a cancerous mole during treatment for breast cancer, and is undergoing further investigation. She is the third member of the royal family to undergo a medical procedure in under a week.[100]
  • 22 January
    • Two deaths are reported in the aftermath of Storm Isha, while tens of thousands of homes remain without power, and transport services face ongoing disruption. A new storm – Storm Jocelyn – is expected to hit parts of the UK tomorrow.[101]
    • After the Royal Mail proposes that its deliveries should be made from Monday to Friday only, Downing Street states that the government would not support such a move, with the Prime Minister expressing a view that Saturday deliveries provide "flexibility and convenience".[102]
    • Consultancy firm Cornwall Insight forecasts that energy bills will fall by 16% in April, saving the average household around £300 a year.[103]
    • The UK and US launch fresh air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen.[104]
    • The UK's Charity Commission launches an investigation into antisemitic speeches given by members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to students at a UK-based Islamic charity, which included chants of "death to Israel".[105]
  • 23 January
    • Data from the Office for National Statistics indicates government borrowing in December was at £7.8bn, a fall from £16.2bn in December 2022, and the lowest since 2019.[106]
    • Sunak tells Parliament the UK will not hesitate to launch further air strikes against Houthi rebels if they continue to attack shipping targets in the Red Sea, but does not seek confrontation with the group.[107]
    • Most of the UK is placed under a Met Office yellow weather warning for high winds as Storm Jocelyn arrives.[108]
    • 2023 Nottingham attacks: Valdo Calocane admits three counts of manslaughter and three of attempted murder.[109]
  • 24 January
  • 25 January
    • The UK government announces fresh plans to ban the sale of zombie knives, with legislation taking effect from the autumn.[114]
    • Lloyds Banking Group announces plans to cut around 1,600 positions from its branch staff in a reorganisation that it says is because more customers are banking online.[115]
  • 26 January
  • 27 January
    • The UK government suspends funding for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, after the organisation sacked several officials reported to have been involved in the 7 October attacks on Israel.[119]
    • Kemi Badenoch, the business secretary, asks Henry Staunton to step down as chair of Post Office Limited after 13 months in the role, as the government moves to strengthen governance at the Post Office in the wake of the long-running Horizon IT scandal.[120]
    • John Lewis & Partners announce further cuts to the number of its staff over the coming five years, with The Guardian reporting up to 11,000 jobs could go.[121]
    • The British Association of Dermatologists warns against the use of skincare products by children as young as eight, saying that to do so could leave them with irreversible skin damage.[122]
  • 28 January
  • 29 January
    • The King and the Princess of Wales are both discharged from hospital.[125]
    • Laurence Fox loses a High Court libel case with social media users he called paedophiles.[126]
    • Reporting on cases in family courts in England and Wales is extended to a further 16 venues following a trial at three locations.[127]
    • A University College London study of five cases of Alzheimer's disease suggests they could have been caused by a treatment in which the patients were injected with growth hormones from dead people, a treatment that was withdrawn in the mid-1980s.[128]
  • 30 January
    • Lucy Letby has her initial request for permission to appeal against seven murder convictions and six attempted murder convictions refused by the Court of Appeal.[129]
    • HSBC is fined £57.4m by the Bank of England for "serious failings" over its measures to protect customer deposits.[130]
    • The ONS publishes its latest forecast of UK population, suggesting that the number of people in the UK could rise from 67 to 73.7 million by 2036, driven by strong immigration.[131][132]
  • 31 January

February

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  • 1 February
  • 2 February
    • Senior Labour MP Darren Jones confirms that the party has ditched its commitment to spend £28bn a year on green investment schemes if it wins the next general election.[143]
    • The killers of 16-year-old transgender girl Brianna Ghey are named as Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe, both aged 15 at the time of the murder in February 2023. They are sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to minimum terms of 22 and 20 years, respectively.[144]
    • Water UK, the umbrella trade organisation for the UK's water companies, says that the average annual water bill is expected to increase by 6% in England and Wales from April, an average rise of £27 to £473.[145]
  • 3 February
  • 4 February – CCTV footage of alkali attack suspect Abdul Shakoor Ezedi in a Tesco store is shown by the police, as a reward of £20,000 is offered for information leading to his capture.[151]
  • 5 February
    • Buckingham Palace announces that King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and will postpone public duties while undergoing treatment.[152]
    • The Met Office issues a yellow weather warning for snow for large parts of north Wales, and northern and central England, for 8 February as unseasonably mild temperatures are replaced by colder weather.[153]
    • A 16-year-old boy is found guilty of plotting to launch a terrorist attack at the Isle of Wight Festival following a trial at Kingston Crown Court.[154]
    • The UK government launches a six-week consultation on plans for Martyn's Law, which would make provisions to better protect the public against potential acts of terrorism.[155]
  • 6 February – Around eight million people on means tested benefits begin to receive the final scheduled cost-of-living payment from the UK government, as Sunak tells the BBC the financial pressures on households are beginning to ease.[156]
  • 7 February
    • The government announces that dentists will be offered a £20,000 bonus to work in the areas of England with the poorest access to NHS care.[157]
    • Data published by Halifax Bank indicates that UK house prices increased by 2.5% in January 2024 when compared to the same month in 2023.[158]
    • The Met Office issues two amber snow warnings for the following day covering north Wales, north-west Shropshire, the Peak District and south Pennines.[159]
  • 8 February
  • 9 February
    • Weather warnings remain in place as snow and rain continue to fall across the UK.[162]
    • Police tell reporters they believe that Abdul Shakoor Ezedi may have drowned in the River Thames, based on CCTV of the suspect at Chelsea Bridge.[163]
    • The Duke of Sussex settles his remaining phone hacking claims against Mirror Group Newspapers, with the newspaper agreeing to pay his legal costs along with around £300,000 in compensation.[164]
  • 10 February
  • 11 February – British journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown accuses Malaysia of seeking "political revenge" for her reporting after a court jailed her in absentia for criminal defamation of a Malaysian royal.[169]
  • 12 February
    • Azhar Ali, the Labour Party's Rochdale by-election candidate, is suspended from the party over comments about Israel and Jewish people. He will however remain on the ballot as the Labour candidate, as it is too late to replace him under electoral law.[170]
    • Three apologises after three days of outages that left around 12,000 people without mobile signals and data.[171]
    • Child killer Colin Pitchfork will be reconsidered for parole after successfully challenging a Parole Board decision to refuse him parole on the grounds he poses too much of a risk if released from prison.[172]
  • 13 February
    • A catastrophic loss of seabird numbers is reported by the RSPB and the British Trust for Ornithology, due to the spread of H5N1 bird flu.[173]
    • Police begin an investigation into reports of antisemitism during a performance by comedian Paul Currie at the Soho Theatre in London, which left Jewish audience members feeling "unsafe" and "threatened".[174]
    • Labour leader Keir Starmer insists he took "decisive action" over comments made by Rochdale by-election candidate Azhar Ali.[175]
    • Cosmetics retailer The Body Shop enters administration, putting more than 2,200 jobs at risk.[176]
    • Data from the Office for National Statistics indicates that the average annual increase in employee earnings (excluding bonuses) was 6.2%, using data from the final three months of 2023.[177]
  • 14 February
    • Office for National Statistics data shows that UK inflation remained at 4% in January 2024, despite a slight fall in food prices and a rise in energy prices.[178]
    • Train drivers' union ASLEF announces that drivers at five train operators – Chiltern, c2c, East Midlands, Northern and TransPennine – have voted for a further six months of industrial action.[179]
    • Food delivery drivers with companies including Uber Eats, Just Eat and Deliveroo stage a five-hour strike between 5pm and 10pm over pay and conditions.[180]
  • 15 February
  • 16 February
  • 18 February – Senior police officers condemn "sexist and homophobic" comments made online about Karen Findlay, the newly appointed deputy chief constable of British Transport Police, following news of her promotion.[188]
  • 19 February
  • 20 February
    • Police announce that a body recovered from the River Thames is believed to be that of Abdul Shakoor Ezedi because of the distinctive clothing the deceased person was wearing.[192]
    • The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency announces that cough syrups containing codeine linctus will no longer be available in the UK without a prescription amid concerns they can become addictive.[193]
    • The Body Shop announces the closure of half of its 198 UK stores, with closures set to begin immediately; the company's head office will also be reduced in size.[194]
  • 21 February
    • An Opposition day House of Commons debate calling for a ceasefire in Gaza descends into chaos after Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle breaks with Parliamentary convention to allow a vote on a Labour amendment calling for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" over the scheduled SNP motion calling for an "immediate ceasefire". The decision leads to protests from both Conservative and SNP MPs, who walk out of the House, leaving Labour's motion to be nodded through when the other two parties do not take part in the vote. Amid calls for his resignation, Hoyle says that he allowed the House to vote on the Labour motion so MPs could express their view on "the widest range of propositions" and was trying to protect MPs' safety.[195]
    • A test-firing of the Trident nuclear missile system from a Royal Navy submarine is reported to have failed, for the second time in a row.[196]
    • The UK freezes the assets of six Russian prison bosses after the death of activist Alexei Navalny in a penal colony the previous week.[197]
    • The UK quits the Energy Charter Treaty, which had allowed fossil fuel companies to sue governments over profits lost in the drive towards net zero.[198]
    • Data from the Office for National Statistics shows a surplus in government finances of £16.7bn in January 2024, more than double the figure for January 2023.[199]
  • 22 February
    • More than 60 MPs have signed a House of Commons motion calling for the resignation of Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle.[200]
    • A further 50 sanctions against Russia are announced, aimed at restricting those supplying its military with munitions such as rocket launchers, missiles and explosives.[201]
    • Employees of a company contracted by the Home Office are suspended after a baby's birth certificate was returned to the parents with the place of birth, Israel, crossed out.[202]
    • The UK government announces that legislation will be introduced to clear hundreds of sub-postmasters in England and Wales who were wrongly convicted as a result of the Horizon IT scandal.[203]
  • 23 February
    • Thousands of people in the Keyham area of Plymouth, Devon are evacuated as an unexploded World War II bomb is moved by military convoy for disposal at sea. The bomb was discovered in a garden three days prior. This is also the first time that the UK Emergency Alert System is used in a live situation.[204]
    • Ofgem confirms that the average annual energy bill will fall by £238 from April to £1,690, its lowest rate for two years.[205]
    • Shamima Begum loses her legal bid to overturn the decision to revoke her UK citizenship.[206]
    • Ibrahima Bah is sentenced to nine years and six months in prison.[207]
    • The Cabinet Office confirms that Paula Vennells has been formally stripped of her CBE for "bringing the honours system into disrepute".[208]
    • A body found in the River Thames is formally identified as that of Abdul Shakoor Ezedi.[209]
  • 24 February
    • Police are called to Willy's Chocolate Experience in Glasgow after the event – which was advertised as an immersive and interactive family experience using AI generated images – turns out to be a largely empty warehouse with a few props and decorations;[210] attendees label the event a "scam" and "farce".[211] In the following week, photos and videos from the shambolic event go viral online, garnering international media attention.[212][213]
    • Conservative MP and a former Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson has the party whip suspended over his claims that "Islamists" have "got control" of London Mayor Sadiq Khan.[214]
    • Another round of joint UK–US air strikes are carried out against Houthi rebels.[215]
  • 25 February – The Post Office has hired investigators, including some former police officers, to look at the work of its own investigation into the Horizon IT scandal.[216]
  • 27 February
  • 28 February
    • The Duke of Sussex loses a High Court challenge against the UK government's decision to downgrade his security status when he stopped being a working royal.[220]
    • A study in the British Medical Journal links ultra-processed foods to 32 negative health impacts, including a higher risk of heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, adverse mental health and early death.[221]
    • Following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow, Iain Packer is found guilty of the April 2005 murder of Emma Caldwell, a sex worker whose body was found in woods five weeks after she disappeared from Glasgow. Packer, who is also convicted of 32 other offences against women, including rapes and sexual assaults, is sentenced to at least 36 years in prison, the second longest prison sentence to be handed out by a Scottish court.[222]
  • 29 February

March

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  • 1 March
    • 35-year-old Marcus Osborne is given a whole life order, the most severe possible sentence available in England and Wales, for the "sadistic" murders of Steven Harnett and Katie Higton. He receives a further 10-year sentence for the rape and false imprisonment of another woman who was present at the scene, who cannot be named for legal reasons.[227]
    • 29-year-old Joshua Jacques is sentenced to a minimum of 46 years in prison for murdering his girlfriend and three of her family members in a "sacrifice" at their home in Bermondsey, south London, in April 2022.[228]
    • The Met Office reports that England and Wales had their warmest February on record this year, with an average of 7.5 °C recorded for England and 6.9 °C for Wales.[229]
    • Scientists at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science announce the discovery of a new species of sea slug off the southwest coast of England.[230]
  • 2 March
  • 4 March
    • The Princess of Wales is photographed for the first time since her surgery, with US celebrity news site TMZ publishing a photo of the princess riding as a passenger in a car being driven by her mother near Windsor Castle.[233] Rumours and conspiracy theories over Catherine's whereabouts have surfaced in recent weeks as she hasn't been seen in public since late December.[234]
    • Cadbury celebrate their 200th anniversary.[235]
  • 6 March
  • 7 March – The Scottish Government announces an independent public inquiry into the police handling of the Emma Caldwell murder investigation.[238]
  • 8 March
    • Former Prime Minister Theresa May confirms she will step down as an MP before the next general election.[239]
    • A report into the Troubles-era British Army spy known as Stakeknife concludes that he probably cost more lives than he saved.[240]
    • London's Homerton Fertility Centre has its licence to operate suspended over "significant concerns" after three separate errors in which embryos were lost during the freezing process.[241]
  • 9 March
    • BBC News reports that seedlings have begun to sprout from genetic material recovered at the site of the felled Sycamore Gap Tree, offering hope that the iconic tree could be restored in the future.[242]
    • The creation of the Elizabeth Emblem is announced. It will be awarded by the monarch to the next of kin of members of the United Kingdom emergency services who are killed on duty.[243][244] It will be the civilian equivalent of the Elizabeth Cross.[243][244]
    • The 10th pro-Palestinian march to be staged in central London since the beginning of the Israel–Gaza conflict takes place, with tens of thousands of protestors calling for an immediate ceasefire.[245]
    • A man is arrested after a car crashes into the gates of Buckingham Palace in the early hours of the morning.[246]
  • 10 March
    • Kensington Palace releases the first official photograph of the Princess of Wales since she underwent abdominal surgery in January.[247] However, hours later, four international photo agencies – Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images and AFP – withdraw the photo from their services over concerns it has been photoshopped or AI generated, after an "inconsistency in alignment of Princess Charlotte's left hand" is noted along with various other signs of digital manipulation.[248] Kensington Palace declines to comment on the photo, as speculation intensifies over why an altered photo has been published.[249]
    • The Mail on Sunday serialises A Very Private School, Earl Spencer's memoirs of his schooldays at Maidwell Hall during the 1970s, in which he alleges that he was sexually abused by a female member of staff while a boarder at the school. Spencer also alleges the school's headmaster during his time there took sexual pleasure in beating the boys. In response, the school says it has referred the allegations to a "local authority designated officer".[250]
  • 11 March
    • Ashfield MP Lee Anderson defects from the Conservatives to Reform UK, becoming the party's first sitting Member of Parliament. Anderson was suspended from the Conservatives on 24 February after comments made on GB News claiming Islamists had "got control" of London and its mayor Sadiq Khan.[251]
    • In a post on X (Twitter), Catherine, Princess of Wales responds to speculation surrounding the previous day's photo and apologises for "any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused". She confirms that the photo was doctored and admits she edited it, saying "I do occasionally experiment with editing".[252]
    • The Office for National Statistics adds air fryers and vinyl records to the basket of goods it uses to calculate the cost of inflation, with vinyl music making a return after a thirty-year absence.[253]
    • The Guardian alleges that Frank Hester, a major donor of the Conservative Party, said in 2019 that Diane Abbott "should be shot" and made him "want to hate all black women".[254] Hester apologises for the comments, describing them as "rude" but "nothing to do with her gender nor colour of skin".[255] A spokesman for the prime minister describes the remarks as "racist and wrong".[256]
  • 12 March – Figures from the Office for National Statistics suggests a fifth of the working age population, around 9.2 million adults between the ages of 16 and 64, were not in employment between November 2023 and January 2024.[257]
  • 13 March
    • Data from the Office for National Statistics indicates the UK economy grew by 0.2% in January 2024, largely fuelled by retail sales, both in the High Street and online.[258]
    • Sunak tells Prime Minister's Questions he will not return £10m donated to the Conservative Party by Frank Hester, because he has apologised and "his remorse should be accepted".[259]
    • Metro Bank announces it will cease seven day trading from 29 March, with 1,000 jobs also being lost by the company.[260]
    • The UK government announces a scheme to offer failed asylum seekers £3,000 if they agree to move to Rwanda voluntarily.[261]
  • 14 March
  • 16 March
  • 18 March – At Manchester Crown Court, Jacob Graham is sentenced to 13 years in prison together with a further five year extended period on licence for creating a "freedom encyclopaedia" containing details on how to build weapons for the purposes of terrorism.[269]
  • 19 March
    • At Southend Crown Court, 39-year-old Nicholas Hawkes, the first person in England and Wales to be convicted of cyberflashing, is sentenced to 66 weeks in prison. This new offence follows passage of the Online Safety Act, which came into effect on 31 January.[270]
    • HMRC announces that its self-assessment helpline will be closed for six months of the year, with the line scheduled to close from 8 April to 30 September. Customers seeking help during that period will be forced to use an online chatbot.[271]
    • The British Board of Film Classification updates its guidelines, meaning films containing scenes of sex or nudity are more likely to receive a 15 rather than a 12A rating going forward.[272]
  • 20 March
    • Inflation falls from 4% to 3.4%, its lowest rate since September 2021.[273]
    • HMRC reverses the plan for its self-assessment helpline, announced the previous day, following criticism from the public and MPs.[274]
    • The Senedd approves Vaughan Gething as the next First Minister of Wales.[275]
    • The London Clinic, where the Princess of Wales underwent abdominal surgery, announces that "any breach" of patient confidentiality will be investigated after reports a member of staff tried to access her private records.[276]
  • 21 March
  • 22 March
    • Following media speculation about her health, it is revealed that the Princess of Wales has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing treatment.[279]
    • Wetherspoons reports an eightfold increase in pre-tax profits during the first six months of the 2023–24 financial year.[280]
  • 23 March – A report compiled by the Resolution Foundation indicates a rise in the number of people leaving work due to long-term health conditions, with the number of people inactive due to long-term health conditions rising from 2.1 million in 2019 to 2.8 million in October 2023, the longest sustained rise since 1994–1998 when records began. The UK is also the only country in the G7 not to return to pre-pandemic employment levels.[281]
  • 24 March – Avanti West Coast is to increase the fee for an overtime shift for its drivers by 380% following a deal with train drivers' union ASLEF.[282]
  • 26 March
  • 27 March – Provisional figures from the Home Office indicate that 4,644 migrants have crossed the English Channel in boats during the first three months of 2024.[285]
  • 28 March – BBC News publishes details of a 2016 draft report that implies the Post Office knew its defence case in the Horizon IT scandal was false, and that it had not made full disclosure to defendants.[286]
  • 29 March
  • 30 March
    • First Minister of Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill says she is determined the Stormont Assembly and Executive will continue to function following the resignation of Jeffrey Donaldson as DUP leader.[290]
    • Cambridge beat Oxford to win both the 2024 men's and women's Boat Races, giving Cambridge their first consecutive men's victory and their seventh consecutive women's victory.[291]
  • 31 March
    • Charles III makes his first public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer when he attends the Easter Sunday service at Windsor.[292]
    • The UK government says it will work alongside the Northern Ireland Executive to maintain stability at Stormont.[293]

April

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  • 1 April
    • The cost of an average annual energy bill falls by £238 to £1,690 under the latest Ofgem price cap, its lowest for two years.[294]
    • The cost of a TV licence increases by £10.50 from £159 to £169.50.[295]
    • The National Living Wage rises from £10.42 to £11.44 per hour, and is extended to workers over 21.[296]
  • 2 April
    • Royal Mail stamp increases – 1st class standard stamp goes up by 10p to £1.35 and 2nd class standard increases by 10p to 85p. Other postage has increased too.
    • Three Britons, named as John Chapman, James Henderson and James Kirby, are identified as being among seven people working for the food charity World Central Kitchen, who were killed during air strikes in Gaza the previous day.[297]
    • Data compiled by the British Retail Consortium indicates falling prices of sugar, jam and chocolate helped to reduce food inflation to its lowest level for two years in March.[298]
  • 3 April – The Liberal Democrats, Scottish National Party and former UK national security adviser Lord Ricketts call for an immediate suspension of the sale of arms to Israel following the World Central Kitchen air strikes.[299]
  • 4 April
    • Three former Supreme Court justices and more than 600 legal experts call for the UK government to end weapons sales to Israel, saying the UK risks breaking international law over a "plausible risk of genocide" in Gaza.[300]
    • Foreign Secretary David Cameron rules out sending western troops to Ukraine since it would provide Russia with a "target".[301]
    • At Leeds Crown Court, Piran Ditta Khan, who planned the 2005 robbery during which PC Sharon Beshenivsky was shot dead, is convicted of her murder. He is the last of the seven-member gang involved in the robbery to stand trial.[302]
    • The deadline for installing new scanners at airports is extended, meaning airline passengers at major airports will continue to face limits on the amount of liquid they can carry in hand luggage.[303]
    • The Met Office issues a yellow severe weather warning for wintry showers and high winds ahead of the arrival of Storm Kathleen, expected to reach the UK on 6 April.[304]
  • 5 April – John Tinniswood, a great-grandfather from Merseyside, officially becomes the world's oldest living man at the age of 111 years and 283 days.[305]
  • 6 April
    • Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson describes calls for the UK to end arms sales to Israel as "shameful".[306]
    • Two planes collide at Heathrow Airport causing damage to both aircraft, but there are no injuries to people on board.[307]
  • 7 April
    • Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden tells the BBC he still believes it is legal for the UK to sell arms to Israel.[308]
    • Analysis by BBC News suggests that those running the Post Office were paid £19.4m during the 24 years of the Horizon IT scandal.[309]
  • 8 April
  • 9 April
  • 10 April
    • A review into gender services carried out by paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass calls for gender services for young people to match the standards of other NHS care.[316]
    • Five people are arrested after pro-Palestinian protestors spray red paint on the Ministry of Defence building in London.[317]
    • Meta lowers the minimum age for WhatsApp users in the UK and EU from 16 to 13.[318]
  • 11 April
  • 12 April
  • 13 April
  • 14 April
    • Sunak confirms that RAF fighter jets shot down "a number of drones" fired at Israel by Iran.[326]
    • Richard Lee, whose daughter Katrice Lee disappeared near a British military base in Paderborn, Germany, in 1981, says he will hand back his Army medals in protest at how the case was handled.[327]
    • Lawyers representing around 250 survivors of the Manchester Arena bombing confirm plans to take legal action against MI5.[328]
    • Charities supporting asylum seekers announce plans to launch legal challenges to moving people to Rwanda once legislation declaring it a safe country is passed in the coming days.[329]
    • The Duke of Kent confirms he is stepping down as Colonel of the Scots Guards after 50 years, and handing the role over to the Duke of Edinburgh.[330]
    • The UK experiences its warmest temperature of 2024 so far, with 21.8 °C recorded in the village of Writtle, near Chelmsford, Essex.[331]
  • 15 April
  • 16 April
    • Figures show the rate of UK unemployment rose to 4.2% between December 2023 and March 2024, its highest level for six months.[334]
    • EasyJet cancels all flights to and from Tel Aviv for the whole of the summer, citing safety concerns following Iran's drone and missile attack on Israel.[335]
    • A Muslim student at Michaela Community School loses a High Court challenge against a ban on prayer rituals.[336]
    • The Tobacco and Vapes Bill passes by 383 votes to 67, banning anyone born after 2009 from legally buying cigarettes in the UK.[337]
  • 17 April
  • 18 April
  • 19 April
    • Retail sales in the UK saw zero growth in March as consumers cut back on their spending due to ongoing financial pressures brought about by the cost of living crisis.[343]
    • In a speech on welfare, Sunak sets out plans to tackle what he describes as the UK's "sick note culture" by stripping GPs in England of their authority to sign people off work. In response Labour says the government has failed to deliver a healthy nation or economy and has "run out of ideas".[344]
    • Research by Ofcom indicates that almost a quarter of children aged between five and seven have their own smartphones, with two fifths of them regularly using messaging services such as WhatsApp, even though it has a minimum age restriction of 13.[345]
    • Coventry Building Society agrees a potential takeover deal with the Co-Operative Bank worth £780m.[346]
    • The Metropolitan Police apologises to antisemitism charity leader Gideon Falter, who was threatened with arrest by one of its officers for being near a pro-Palestinian march on 13 April, and who was described by the officer as being "openly Jewish".[347]
    • The Grade II listed, 16th-century Burn Bullock, a former coaching inn, is badly damaged by fire.[348]
  • 20 April
    • Chris Stark, head of the Climate Change Committee, tells the BBC that Rishi Sunak has "set us back" on climate change, in contrast to the progress made under Theresa May and Boris Johnson. In response, a government spokesperson says: "We are the first major economy to halve greenhouse gas emissions since 1990 and have set into law one of the most ambitious 2035 climate change targets of any major economy".[349]
    • Co-op Live, the UK's largest indoor arena seating 23,500 and costing £365m to build, opens in Manchester.[350] The venue is forced to apologise, however, after cancelling some tickets to a test gig with Rick Astley and offers ticketholders affected tickets to another concert.[351]
    • Dr Hilary Cass, the author of a report into gender identity services for young people, says she is "very angry" about "misinformation" spread regarding the report.[352]
  • 21 April – The 2024 London Marathon takes place.[353]
  • 22 April
    • Parliament passes the Safety of Rwanda Bill, with plans to deport the first asylum seekers to Kigali in July.[354]
    • Newsreader Huw Edwards resigns from the BBC, nine months after being suspended following allegations of sexual misconduct and being admitted to hospital with "serious mental health issues".[355]
    • The Metropolitan Police apologise to Doreen Lawrence after failing to provide information about a suspect in her son's murder.[356]
    • Drivers at 16 train operators announce a series of one-day rolling strikes between 7 and 9 May.[357]
    • Co-op Live announces the postponement of its opening events starring Peter Kay as the venue is not ready.[358]
  • 23 April
    • Office for National Statistics data indicates UK government borrowing was at £120.7bn in March 2024, lower than the figure for the same time the previous year, but £6.6bn higher than the government's forecasts.[359]
    • Five migrants including a child are reported to have died attempting to cross the English Channel in a small boat, just hours after passage of the Rwanda Bill.[360]
    • Sunak pledges an additional £500m to support Ukraine, on top of the £2.5bn allocated for this financial year.[361]
    • Sunak announces "the biggest strengthening of our national defence in a generation, to meet the challenge of an increasingly dangerous world". He confirms that defence spending will increase from 2.3% of gross domestic product (GDP) to 2.5% by 2030, meaning an extra £75bn for the military over the next six years.[362]
  • 24 April
    • Four people are injured and several vehicles are damaged as a number of runaway horses – one seemingly covered in blood – escape from the Household Cavalry and gallop through central London.[363]
    • Three people are injured and one arrested after a stabbing incident at a school in Ammanford, Wales.[364]
    • Unions claim that 70,000 civil service jobs will be cut in order to fund an increase in defence spending. Chancellor Hunt says that cuts in public spending will cost "a great deal less" than allowing Russia to win.[365]
  • 25 April
    • Labour pledges to renationalise most rail services within five years if it wins the next general election.[366]
    • The SNP's power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens collapses.[367]
    • Shoplifting is reported to have hit a record high in 2023, with more than 430,000 offences recorded. This figure is up by more than one-third compared to 2022, and likely represents a fraction of the true number of incidents.[368]
    • In the High Court, Laurence Fox is ordered to pay £180,000 in libel damages to former Stonewall trustee Simon Blake and drag artist Crystal.[369]
    • The Environment Minister, Robbie Moore says "Additional time will be needed to efficiently and effectively roll out the schemes across the UK," as the Cash for Bottle deposit scheme is delayed until October 2027.[370]
    • Moroccan asylum seeker Ahmed Alid is convicted of the murder of Terence Carney, who was stabbed multiple times in an attack at Hartlepool in October 2023.[371]
    • Gary Roden resigns as the general manager of Co-op Live following a series of problems and delays at the venue.[372]
  • 26 April
    • A trial begins of the first personalised melanoma vaccine, based on mRNA, the same technology as current COVID vaccines.[373]
    • Buckingham Palace announces that King Charles will resume his public duties from the following week after making good progress with his cancer treatment.[374]
    • An inquest into the 2020 Reading stabbings concludes they could have been avoided but for problems with the sharing of intelligence between authorities.[375]
    • A teenage girl from Greater Manchester is believed to be the first child to be subject to a stalking order after a prolonged campaign of harassment against a family in the area.[376]
    • Two British men are charged with helping Russian intelligence following a suspected arson attack on a Ukrainian business in London.[377]
  • 27 April – Conservative MP and ex-minister Daniel Poulter defects to Labour, saying he has concerns over the NHS and other public services.[378]
  • 28 April – Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris looks at creating legislation to allow the return of asylum seekers to the UK after figures show that 80% of recent asylum seekers arriving in Ireland are people who crossed from Northern Ireland.[379]
  • 29 April – 2024 Scottish government crisis: First Minister, Humza Yousaf, announces he will resign as both leader of the SNP and first minister of Scotland when his successor is chosen.[380]
  • 30 April
    • Brexit: Physical checks begin on meat and dairy products, plants, seeds, and a number of other goods imported from the European Union, which are expected to cost British firms about £330m per year.[381]
    • 2024 Hainault sword attack: A 14-year-old boy is killed and four other people are wounded by a man wielding a sword in Hainault, northeast London. The attacker is arrested and police say the incident is not terror-related.[382]
    • Rwanda asylum plan:
      • Home Office figures suggest that of the 5,700 asylum seekers earmarked for deportation to Rwanda, only 2,143 can immediately be located.[383]
      • BBC News reports that the UK has sent its first failed asylum seeker to Rwanda after he voluntarily agreed to go.[384]
    • Charles III returns to his public duties for the first time since his cancer diagnosis with a visit to University College Hospital's Macmillan Cancer Centre. He also becomes patron of Cancer Research UK.[385]
    • A bid by an Abu Dhabi based consortium to buy The Telegraph collapses, meaning the newspaper is for sale again.[386]

May

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June

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  • 3 June
  • 4 June
    • A woman is arrested for throwing a milkshake at Nigel Farage at his election campaign launch in Clacton-on-Sea. A man is also arrested in connection with the incident.[475]
    • Asian hornets are reported to have survived a UK winter for the first time. The invasive species is a potential threat to honey bees and other native pollinators.[476]
    • A cyberattack at several London hospitals forces operations to be cancelled and emergency patients to be diverted elsewhere.[477]
  • 5 June
  • 5–6 June – Events take place in the UK and France to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. The King pays tribute to veterans in Portsmouth, while the Prime Minister speaks at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer.[481][482]
  • 6 June
  • 7 June
    • Rishi Sunak is criticised for leaving the D-day commemorations early to return to the UK to work on the election campaign.[485] He says: "On reflection, it was a mistake not to stay in France longer – and I apologise."[486]
    • Data produced by Zoopla indicates that rents for new properties rose by 6.6% in the year to April 2024, but that this was the slowest rise in two and a half years.[487]
  • 9 June – Restrictions on carrying more than 100ml of liquid in hand luggage are temporarily reintroduced at some regional airports in order to "enable further improvements to be made" to new checkpoint systems. Those affected are Newcastle, Leeds Bradford, London City, Aberdeen, Southend and Teesside.[488]
  • 10 June – Twenty buildings across the UK are vandalised as part of a co-ordinated attack by Palestine Action, a pro-Palestine group.[489]
  • 11 June
  • 12 June – The ONS reports that the UK economy failed to grow during April. The zero percent growth rate is attributed to unusually high rainfall, well above the long-term average, which impacted consumer spending.[495]
  • 13 June
  • 14 June
  • 15 June – Trooping the Colour, the King's birthday parade, takes place.[505]
  • 16 June – Euro 2024: In their first game of the tournament, England win 1–0 against Serbia.[506]
  • 17 June
  • 18 June – A review conducted into the first Stephen Lawrence murder investigation concludes that four retired detectives who worked on the case will not face any criminal charges over their actions during the investigation.[510]
  • 19 June
    • Figures show inflation fell to the Bank of England's target of 2% in the year to May 2024, down from 2.3% the previous month, and the first time it has been at 2% since July 2021.[511]
    • A woman who accused a therapist of raping and sexually assaulting her at his clinic in London's Belsize Park in 2016 is awarded £200,000 in damages following a civil case she brought against him, after the Crown Prosecution Service did not pursue the case.[512]
    • Figures show that 880 migrants crossed the English Channel on 18 June, setting a new record for daily crossings.[513]
    • Just Stop Oil protesters vandalise Stonehenge by spraying the megaliths with orange cornflour powder paint.[514][515]
    • A police officer working as part of the prime minister's close protection team is suspended and later arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into bets on the date of the general election.[516]
    • BBC News reports that Laura Saunders, the Conservative candidate for Bristol North West, has become the second Conservative candidate to face an investigation by the Gambling Commission over betting on the date of the general election. It is subsequently reported that her husband, Tony Lee, the Conservative Party's campaigns director, is also being investigated by the commission.[517][518]
  • 20 June
    • The Bank of England holds interest rates at 5.25%, its seventh consecutive freeze.[519]
    • Sunak says he is "incredibly angry" to learn of allegations that members of his party have betted on the date of the election, and that he will "boot out" anyone found to have broken the law.[520]
    • The number of people becoming ill from a recent outbreak of E. coli across the UK reaches 256, which includes 86 hospitalisations. The UK Health Security Agency reports that case numbers have now slowed, and that everything possible is being done to find the root cause, which may be pre-packaged sandwiches containing lettuce.[521]
  • 21 June
    • Nigel Farage tells the BBC that he believes the Russo-Ukrainian War to have been precipitated by the West's eastward expansion of NATO and the European Union, but that the war itself is Vladimir Putin's fault.[522]
    • Prakash and Kamal Hinduja, as well as their son Ajay and his wife Namrata, who are members of Britain's richest family, are convicted and sent to prison for exploiting staff brought from India to work in their Geneva villa.[523]
  • 22 June
    • Thousands of people join the "Restore Nature Now" march through central London to Parliament Square, demanding action on the UK's declining wildlife.[524]
    • The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and Met Office issue a yellow heat health alert for most of England, to come into force from the morning of Monday 24 June and remain in place until the afternoon of Thursday 27 June.[525]
    • Following criticism from other party leaders over his comments about Putin, Nigel Farage pens an op-ed in The Telegraph in which he says he has never been an "apologist or supporter" of Putin, but that "if you poke the Russian bear with a stick, don't be surprised if he responds".[526]
  • 23 June
  • 24 June
    • Princess Anne is taken to hospital with a head injury thought to have been caused by a horse.[530]
    • The UK records its hottest temperature of 2024 so far, with 28.3 °C recorded at Wisley in Surrey.[531]
    • NHS England confirms that data managed by Synnovis, an organisation that manages blood tests, was stolen in a cyberattack on 3 June.[532]
    • Flights are restored at Manchester Airport, but with delays for passengers scheduled to travel the previous day.[533]
    • Julian Assange leaves the UK after five years held at Belmarsh Prison after reaching a deal with the US to plead guilty to one charge under the Espionage Act instead of the original 18. He will be returned to his native Australia.[534]
  • 25 June
    • 2024 United Kingdom general election betting scandal:
      • The Conservative Party withdraws its support for Craig Williams and Laura Saunders as election candidates.[535]
      • Cabinet minister Alister Jack, who previously claimed to have won £2,100 by betting on the date of the election, then claimed he was joking, issues a statement in which he says he did not place a bet on the election.[536]
      • The Metropolitan Police confirms that the Gambling Commission are investigating a further five police officers for placing bets on the date of the election.[537]
      • Russell George, the Senedd member for Montgomeryshire, becomes the fifth Conservative politician to be investigated by the Gambling Commission for election betting.[538]
      • Labour suspends Kevin Craig, their candidate for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, after the Gambling Commission launches an unrelated investigation into him for placing a bet against himself losing in his constituency.[539]
    • Police arrest four men who entered the grounds of Kirby Sigston Manor, the constituency home of Rishi Sunak.[540]
    • The Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan begin a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom by meeting the King and Queen Camilla.[541]
  • 26 June
    • The media is allowed to report that Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were convicted of concealing the birth of a child and preventing the course of justice after reporting restrictions are lifted. The pair also face a retrial for manslaughter provisionally scheduled to begin in March 2025 and will remain in custody until then.[542]
    • An inquest jury finds that failures "across multiple agencies" contributed to the death of Zara Aleena, who was sexually assaulted and murdered in June 2022 as she walked home from a night out.[543]
    • 2024 United Kingdom general election betting scandal:
  • 27 June
    • The first death from the E. coli outbreak is reported, as the number of confirmed cases reaches 275.[546]
    • The Metropolitan Police says that at least seven police officers are now being investigated for placing bets on the date of the general election.[547]
  • 28 June
    • Revised data from the Office for National Statistics shows the UK economy grew by 0.7% in the first three months of 2024 as the UK emerged from a recession; the figures are slightly better than the original forecast.[548]
    • Thousands of customers of high street banks including HSBC, Nationwide, Barclays and Virgin Money are affected by payment problems following issues with a system that operates payments between individuals and firms.[549]
    • Princess Anne returns home from hospital following treatment for a head injury and concussion.[550]
    • Prime Minister Rishi Sunak releases a video condemning Andrew Parker, a Reform UK activist, for using a derogatory slur. Sunak mentions that he was called an "f-ing [fucking] Paki" by Parker, stating that "it was too important not to call out".[551][552]
    • Spain's Civil Guard confirms they have found the body of a British man from London who went missing while hiking in the Pyrenees on 24 June.[553]
  • 29 June – M&S announces plans to launch its own clothing repairs and alterations service starting in August.[554]
  • 30 June
    • Spain's Civil Guard says it has called off its search for Jay Slater, who has been missing in Tenerife since 17 June.[555]
    • Euro 2024: England win 2–1 against Slovakia, taking them through to the quarter-finals. After Slovakia had led 1–0 for most of the game, Jude Bellingham scores and equalises in the fifth minute of the six-minute stoppage time, while captain Harry Kane scores the winning goal in the first minute of extra time.[556]

July

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August

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August 2024: The worst riots since 2011 occur in various parts of England, and in Northern Ireland, triggered by a mass stabbing of children in Southport.
  • 1 August
    • 2024 Southport stabbing
      • The 17-year-old suspect is named as Axel Rudakubana. He is charged with three counts of murder, ten counts of attempted murder, and one count of possession of a bladed article. As a minor, he could not initially be named;[688][689] but reporting restrictions on his identity are lifted by Liverpool Crown Court.[690] After being charged, Rudakubana is remanded in custody until a plea hearing on 25 October.[690]
      • Keir Starmer holds a crisis meeting with police chiefs and an emergency press conference in the wake of rioting following the murders. Starmer condems "far-right hatred" responsible for the unrest, and announces the launch of a national violent disorder programme that will see greater cooperation between police forces to tackle violent disorder, as fears grow of a "summer of unrest" fuelled by misinformation.[691][692]
    • The Bank of England cuts the UK interest rate from 5.25% to 5%, the first interest rate cut since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.[693]
    • GPs in England vote to take industrial action by working-to-rule over a lack of funding and a decline in care, which could see GP appointments capped at 25 per day.[694]
  • 2 August
    • The BBC reports that Labour has shelved £1.3bn of funding promised by the Conservatives for technology and artificial intelligence (AI) projects, including an exascale supercomputer at Edinburgh University.[695]
    • 2024 Summer Olympics: Team GB secures three gold medals – in rowing, equestrian, and trampoline – bringing their current total to 25 medals: nine golds, eight silvers and eight bronzes.[696][697]
    • BBC News reports that Paul Powlesland has become the first juror to swear an oath on a river after doing so at Snaresbrook Crown Court.[698]
    • New powers under the Victims and Prisoners Act come into force that prevent prisoners convicted of the most serious offences in England and Wales from marrying while in custody. One of the first uses of the new legislation is to prevent convicted murderer Levi Bellfield from entering into a civil partnership with his girlfriend.[699]
    • Details are published of the autumn programme of COVID-19 vaccination, which will be broadly the same as 2023 with the vaccine offered to all adults aged 65 and over, as well as certain health and social care staff, older care home residents and people in clinical risk groups.[700]
    • 2024 riots: Rioting breaks out in Sunderland, where protestors clash with police outside a mosque.[701]
  • 3 August – The BBC removes a video promoting Children in Need 2018 from its website after it emerges the video features the suspect in the 2024 Southport stabbing.[702]
  • 4 August – Starmer condemns the ongoing "far-right thuggery" around the UK and says those involved "will regret it", as the number of people arrested in relation to the disorder exceeds 140. At least 10 police officers are injured at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel in Rotherham, with one left unconscious after a head injury, while others have broken bones.[703]
  • 5 August
    • 2024 United Kingdom riots:
      • Starmer holds an emergency COBRA meeting of ministers, civil servants, the police and intelligence officers in response to the rioting of recent days.[704]
      • Starmer announces the establishment of a "standing army" of specialist police officers to address the violence, and help bring it to an end.[705]
    • The FTSE 100 falls by more than 2%, its biggest drop since January, amid a global market selloff triggered by weaker-than-expected economic data from the US.[706][707]
  • 6 August
  • 7 August
    • The Supreme Court rules that Shamima Begum will not be allowed to challenge the removal of her British citizenship.[712]
    • 2024 United Kingdom riots:
      • UK police announce their largest mobilisation since the 2011 England riots, due to the threat of further violence targeting asylum seekers and immigrants, with 6,000 riot police on duty throughout the country and 2,000 in reserve as reinforcements.[713]
      • The first sentences for crimes committed during the riots are handed out to three men who took part in unrest in Southport and Liverpool. The three are sentenced to periods of between 20 months and three years in prison.[714]
  • 8 August
    • 2024 United Kingdom riots: A further 21 people receive prison sentences for their roles in the riots.[715]
    • The Independent Office for Police Conduct confirms that a second officer is under investigation over an incident at Manchester Airport where a man was kicked.[716]
    • Katie Price is arrested at Heathrow Airport for failing to attend court and is taken into police custody.[717]
  • 9 August
    • Huw Edwards is asked by the BBC to pay back more than £200,000 that he received from the corporation after being arrested on child abuse image charges.[718]
    • Figures show the number of overseas workers and students and their families applying for visas has fallen by a third in the past 12 months following rule changes that prevented many workers from bringing their families with them.[719]
  • 11 August
    • 2024 Summer Olympics: Team GB have secured 65 medals at the 2024 Olympic Games, equalling the number of medals won in 2012.[720]
    • With the following day expected to be the hottest of the year as a result of a "heat spike", the Met Office issues two yellow weather warnings for thunderstorms for Northern Ireland, northern England and Scotland.[721]
    • Figures show that 703 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats, the highest daily number since Keir Starmer became the prime minister.[615]
  • 12 August
    • The hottest day of the year so far is confirmed by the Met Office, with a high of 34.8 °C recorded in Cambridge.[722]
    • Five-time Olympic medallist Tom Daley announces his retirement from diving at the age of 30.[723]
    • 2024 United Kingdom riots: Two 12-year-old boys become the youngest people to be convicted following their involvement in the disorder.[724]
    • Figures show that 125 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats.[615]
  • 13 August
    • Banknotes featuring King Charles, with a face value of £78,430 and low serial numbers, are auctioned for £914,127 to raise money for charity.[725]
    • An inquest is held into the death of former England cricketer Graham Thorpe, who died from suicide after being struck by a train at a railway station.[726]
    • Data from the Office for National Statistics shows UK unemployment fell to 4.2% in the three months to June, down from 4.4% during the previous quarter.[727]
    • Ofgem approves a £3.4bn project for a subsea cable allowing renewable energy to be transported from Scotland to England more easily.[728]
  • 14 August
    • Inflation is reported to have risen from 2% to 2.2%, the first increase during 2024. The predicted increase is largely a result of a smaller fall in gas and electricity prices in July when compared to July 2023.[729]
    • 2024 United Kingdom riots: A 53-year-old woman from Cheshire is sentenced to 15 months in prison after admitting sending a communication threatening death or serious harm over a Facebook post in which she suggested a mosque should "be blown up with the adults inside".[730]
    • Two men found in a burned-out car in Malmö, Sweden, are confirmed as two British men, Farooq Abdulrazak, 37, and Juan Cifuentes, 33, who went missing in July.[731]
    • Train drivers' union ASLEF is to ballot its members on a revised pay offer following negotiations with the Department for Transport.[732]
    • Data released by the British Transport Police Authority shows a 20% increase in violent crimes against women and girls on the public transport network when compared to 2023.[733]
    • Figures show that 107 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats.[615]
  • 15 August
    • Office for National Statistics figures show the UK economy grew by 0.6% in the three months up to July, faster than any of the G7 group of advanced economies over the past six months.[734]
    • As many as 74,000 convictions for train fare evasion may have to be quashed following a landmark ruling by Judge Goldspring, the UK's chief magistrate, on six test cases. The cases involve use of the single justice procedure, whereby cases are heard behind closed doors, which Goldspring ruled void as the process should not have been used.[735]
    • A Level results are published in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and show the first overall increase in top grades since 2021, with 27.8% of all grades rated A* or A, increasing from 27.2% in 2023.[736]
    • 2024 United Kingdom riots: A 15-year-old boy from Sunderland becomes the first person in England to be charged with rioting, an offence that carries a maximum of 10 years in prison.[737]
    • A shipwreck, believed to be that of HMS Hawke, which was sunk by a torpedo during World War I, has been found off the Aberdeenshire coast.[738]
  • 16 August
    • The UK government confirms that victims of the infected blood scandal will receive financial support for life, with additional payments for those who were subjected to "unethical research".[739]
    • Retailers report a 0.5% increase in sales during July, fuelled largely by Euro 2024 and summer discounts.[740]
    • 2024 United Kingdom riots: Two men who the prosecution said were part of a "baying mob" that attacked a car containing three Romanian men in Hull on 3 August are sentenced to prison terms of six years and four years eight months respectively.[741]
  • 17 August
    • A large fire at Somerset House in central London is tackled by 125 firefighters.[742]
    • Figures show that 492 migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats, the second highest daily number since Keir Starmer became the prime minister.[615]
  • 18 August
    • The Home Office announces that new plans by the UK government will see extreme misogyny treated as a form of extremism.[743]
    • The Courtauld Gallery at Somerset House reopens to the public following the previous day's fire, but the rest of the building remains closed.[744]
    • It is announced that the UK's 31 remaining Ted Baker stores will close on or by 20 August, with 500 jobs at risk.[745]
  • 19 August
  • 20 August
    • King Charles travels to Southport to meet victims of the Southport attack.[749]
    • The first £1 coins to feature the image of Charles III enter circulation.[750]
    • The European Union confirms plans to introduce its €7 EU visa waiver for British holidaymakers in the first half of 2025.[751]
  • 21 August – A 39-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murder, following the deaths of a mother and three children in a house fire in Bradford.[752]
  • 22 August
    • The 2024 GCSE results are published in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, showing a fall in the overall pass rate for the third year running, with 67.6% of entries graded at least 4/C, compared with 68.2% in 2023. There is also a widening gap between results in London and the rest of England.[753]
    • The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) confirms that Lecanemab, the first drug developed that slows the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, will not be made available on the NHS in England because its benefits "are too small to justify the costs".[754]
  • 23 August
    • BNT116, the world's first mRNA lung cancer vaccine, begins a Phase I clinical trial in seven countries including the UK.[755]
    • The UK government authorises the Infected Blood Compensation Authority to begin making payments to affected patients under The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2024.[756][757]
    • The body of 18-year-old Hannah Lynch, daughter of Mike Lynch, is recovered from the Bayesian, making her the seventh and final victim of the sinking.[758]
    • Storm Lilian brings disruption to much of the UK, with gusts of up to 70 mph in some regions.[759]
    • The Energy Price Cap is set to rise by 10% in October, with the average household price for gas and electricity increasing by £149 per year.[760]
    • A report by the United Nations urges the UK to take measures to curb race hate speech, including by politicians.[761]
  • 24–26 August – Eight people are stabbed during the Notting Hill Carnival, with a total of 334 people being arrested during the event.[762]
  • 24 August
  • 25 August
    • EE, one of the UK's largest mobile phone networks, advises parents not to give primary school age children smartphones after receiving an increase in the number of requests for guidance from parents.[765]
    • A British Reuters employee named as Ryan Evans is confirmed as having been killed in a missile attack on a hotel in Ukraine the previous day.[766]
  • 26 August
  • 27 August
    • Oasis announce a reunion tour planned for 2025, the first time the Gallagher brothers have played together since 2009.[769]
    • Sir Keir Starmer delivers his first major speech since becoming Prime Minister, outlining the government's plans and priorities moving into the autumn. He warns of "cracks in our society" after the riots earlier in the month.[770][771]
    • A 0.3% fall in shop prices is recorded, the first in three years, and largely fuelled by lower clothing and furniture prices.[772]
  • 28 August – Starmer meets with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin to discuss UK–EU relations.[773]
  • 29 August
    • Suicides in England and Wales reach their highest level since 1999, with rates increasing across all age groups.[774][775]
    • Starmer confirms that the UK government is considering introducing bans on outdoor smoking in order to reduce the burden on the NHS.[776]
    • A series of planned ASLEF strikes by drivers at London North Eastern Railway are called off following last-minute talks between union and company officials.[777]
  • 30 August
    • The UK government announces that badger culling in England as a means to fight the spread of bovine tuberculosis will end in the next five years, with separate vaccines for badgers and cattle being developed instead.[778]
    • Figures released by the Ministry of Justice show a record high in the number of people in prison in England and Wales, with 88,350 people in prison custody. The rise has been exacerbated by the number of people sent to prison for their participation in the 2024 United Kingdom riots and the August Bank Holiday weekend, during which prisoners are not traditionally released. At one point during the preceding week, the number of spare prison places is believed to have fallen to less than 100.[779]
  • 31 August – A yellow weather warning for heavy rain and thunderstorms is issued for the following day for much of England and parts of east Wales.[780]

September

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  • 2 September
    • The UK government suspends the sale of some UK arms to Israel, citing a "clear risk" they may be used to commit serious violations of international law.[781]
    • One word Ofsted assessments for schools in England are scrapped with immediate effect, and following the January 2023 death of Ruth Perry, a headteacher who committed suicide after her school received a poor Ofsted grading.[782]
    • The Household Support Fund, used to help people with cost-of-living payments, is extended by the UK government.[783]
    • A winter vaccination programme to protect newborn babies and older people against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is launched in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.[784]
    • British endurance swimmer Sam Farrow is believed to have set a new world record after swimming the length of Lake Geneva in 22 hours and 48 minutes.[785]
    • The UK has experienced its coolest summer since 2015, Met Office data has confirmed.[786]
  • 3 September
    • Israel–Hamas war: The UK suspends 30 out of 350 arms export licences to Israel.[787]
    • The UK government awards nine offshore wind farm contracts totalling 4.9 gigawatts (GW), as part of the drive towards achieving 60GW by 2030.[788]
    • Six children and six adults die attempting to cross the Channel from France to England.[789]
  • 4 September
    • Publication of the report into the Grenfell tower fire, which blames "dishonest" companies and a string of failures by successive governments.[790]
    • The extradition hearing of Kimberlee Singler, a US woman accused of killing two of her children in Colorado in December 2023, begins in London.[791]
    • A military helicopter ditches in the English Channel near Dorset, killing a member of the Royal Navy.[792] The serviceman is subsequently named as Lt Rhodri Leyshon.[793]
  • 5 September
  • 6 September
  • 7 September – The Body Shop is acquired by a consortium led by British cosmetics tycoon Mike Jatania, securing its remaining 113 stores, as well as the positions of its 1,300 shop and office staff.[800]
  • 8 September
    • Great Ormond Street Hospital has launched an urgent review of the cases of more than 700 patients after concerns were raised about one of its former surgeons. The review has so far identified 22 children who came to harm as a result of actions performed by the surgeon.[801]
    • 2024 Summer Paralympics: ParalympicsGB finish the tournament with 124 medals, including 49 golds, achieving second place in the medal table, and having won medals in all but one Paralympic sport.[802]
  • 9 September
    • The third stage of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry opens, and begins by looking at healthcare. The hearing is told the NHS was "creaking at the seams" at the start of the pandemic and this undermined the quality of healthcare that was given.[803]
    • Kensington Palace releases a video in which Catherine, Princess of Wales confirms she has finished her chemotherapy treatment.[804]
  • 10 September
    • The UK joins France, Germany and the United States in placing fresh sanctions on Iran for supplying Russia with ballistic missiles used against Ukraine, including restricting Iran Air flights to Europe and the US and freezing the assets of key Russian supporters in Iran.[805]
    • The emergency early release of some prisoners to alleviate overcrowding in prisons in England and Wales begins, but Victims' Commissioner Baroness Helen Newlove warns that not all victims of crime were informed of their offenders' early release.[806]
    • Earnings increased by 4% in the three months to July, meaning state pensions for 2025–26 are likely to rise by £460 per year under the triple lock formula.[807]
    • MPs vote 348–228 to restrict winter fuel payments to pensioners receiving Pension Credit.[808]
  • 11 September
    • Data from the Office for National Statistics indicates there was no economic growth in July, the second consecutive month during which the economy did not expand.[809]
    • The 1991 conviction of Oliver Campbell, a man with learning disabilities who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Baldev Hoondle a year earlier, is overturned after the Court of Appeal declares it to have been "unsafe".[810]
    • 2024 United Kingdom riots: A mother who went on holiday to Ibiza rather than attend her 12-year-old son's sentencing for his role in the riots is ordered to pay £1,200 in compensation and attend a six-month parenting course.[811]
  • 12 September
    • Starmer says he will draw up a 10-year plan that will see the "biggest reimagining of the NHS" since it was formed after a report by Lord Darzi describes the health service as being in a "critical condition", but the prime minister says there will be no extra funding for the NHs without reform.[812]
    • Starmer confirms the UK government did not carry out an assessment of the potential impact of cutting winter fuel payments to pensioners before making the announcement.[813]
    • A nonbinding people's jury on assisted dying, established by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, recommends the law in England should be changed to allow terminally ill patients to make the decision to end their own lives if they wish to do so.[814]
    • The UK government confirms that a ban on junk food advertising on British television before 9.00pm is scheduled to come into force on 1 October 2025.[815]
    • The Royal Navy confirms it has made its first-ever seizure of a "narco-sub", a semi-submersible or fully-submersible vessel used by drugs smugglers, with the operation to seize the craft taking place in the Caribbean on Monday 9 September.[816]
  • 13 September
    • The High Court rules against Woodhouse Colliery, a plan for the UK's first deep coal mine since 1986. Justice Holgate finds that Michael Gove acted unlawfully in accepting West Cumbria Mining's claim that the mine would be net zero, because this relied on offsetting through carbon credits purchased from abroad.[817][818]
    • Russia revokes the accreditation of six British diplomats it accuses of spying. The UK Foreign Office dismisses the allegations of spying as "completely baseless". President Vladimir Putin also warns the West against allowing Ukraine to use long-range weapons to target Russia.[819]
    • British citizen Youssouf Ezangi is reported to be among 37 people sentenced to death by a military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for their part in an attempted coup d'état earlier in the year.[820]
    • Data released by the Ministry of Justice shows a fall in the prison population of 2,188 compared to 6 September, with the number of prisoners in England and Wales standing at 86,333. The fall is largely due to the early release of some offenders to deal with a shortage of prison places.[821]
    • The Office for National Statistics confirms that the number of transgender people living in the United Kingdom may have been overestimated in the 2021 census.[822]
  • 14 September – UEFA warns the UK government that Britain could be prevented from hosting Euro 2028 over plans for a football regulator (outlined in the Football Governance Bill) because of concerns about "government interference" in the sport.[823]
  • 15 September – Columnists Jonathan Freedland, Hadley Freeman and David Aaronovitch resign from The Jewish Chronicle over a row concerning allegedly fabricated stories about Israeli military operations in Gaza.[824]
  • 16 September
    • Huw Edwards, formerly the BBC's most senior news presenter, is given a six-month suspended jail sentence for child abuse image offences. He is placed on the sex offenders' register for seven years and is required to complete a rehabilitation programme.[825]
    • Junior doctors in England accept the government's offer of a 22% pay rise over two years, ending their long-running dispute.[826]
    • A study by Aston University Business School highlights the impact of Brexit red tape on trade between the UK and EU, which the study argues is getting worse.[827]
  • 17 September
    • Glasgow is formally selected as the host city of the Commonwealth Games in 2026.[828]
    • A 12-year-old boy becomes the youngest person to be sentenced over the 2024 United Kingdom riots after receiving a 12-month referral at Liverpool Youth Court.[829]
    • A study suggests that UK goods exports to the EU were down 27% between 2021 and 2023, while imported goods were 32% lower over the same period than where they would have been had Brexit not happened.[830]
  • 18 September
    • Train drivers accept a pay deal of 15% from the UK government, ending two years of strike action in England, Wales and Scotland.[831]
    • The latest ONS data shows that inflation was 2.2% in August, unchanged from the previous month.[832]
    • The UK operator of TGI Fridays goes into administration, putting 4,500 jobs at risk.[833]
  • 19 September
    • A BBC investigation, which includes testimony from over 20 female ex-employees, reveals serious sexual abuse allegations by the late former Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed.[834]
    • The Bank of England holds interest rates at 5%.[835]
    • BBC News reports that a number of offenders released early from prison to ease overcrowding have yet to be fitted with electronic tags, despite this being a condition of their release.[836]
    • The Met Office issues a yellow warning for thunderstorms for 20 and 21 September following a period of unseasonably warm weather.[837]
    • The final edition of the London Evening Standard is published, before it switches to a weekly format titled The London Standard, published each Thursday from 26 September.[838]
  • 20 September
    • The UK's debt-to-GDP reaches 100%, its highest level since 1961.[839]
    • A tornado strikes the Hampshire town of Aldershot, causing damage to properties and trees.[840]
    • The UK operation of the international construction company ISG collapses, with the loss of 2,200 jobs.[841]
    • Steven Wilson, who suffered life-changing injuries after being stabbed as he worked in a prison kitchen while serving a sentence for burglary, is awarded more than £5m in damages by the High Court.[842]
    • The UK government confirms that domestic abuse specialists will be "embedded" in emergency 999 call centres in England and Wales as part of plans to halve the number of incidents of violence against women and girls in ten years.[843]
  • 21 September – Daniel Dubois defeats Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium to become the International Boxing Federation's heavyweight champion.[844]
  • 22 September
    • The Crown Prosecution Service confirms it considered prosecuting Mohamed Al Fayed on two occasions, but concluded there was no realistic prospect of securing a conviction.[845]
    • Secretary of State for Defence John Healey announces that people with asthma and acne will no longer be excluded from joining the British Armed Forces.[846]
  • 23 September
    • Heavy rain brings flash flooding and travel disruption to parts of England and Wales.[847]
    • Harrods reveals that it is investigating whether any current members of staff have made allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed.[848]
    • It is reported that in a letter written in 2019, Ministry of Defence officials concluded privately that allegations to be aired in a BBC Panorama on alleged SAS war crimes were “broadly accurate”.[849]
    • The Royal College of Nursing announces that nurses in England have rejected the offer of a 5.5% pay increase from the government.[850]
  • 24 September
    • Starmer gives his keynote conference speech, setting out plans for "national renewal" but telling delegates there are no "easy answers".[851]
    • Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announces plans to halve instances of knife crime over the next decade.[852]
    • Legislation making it illegal to own, make, transport or sell "status knives", such as zombie knives and machetes, in England and Wales, comes into force.[853]
    • Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present):
      • The Ministry of Defence announces that 700 British troops will be deployed to Cyprus in anticipation of an evacuation of British citizens from Lebanon.[854]
      • Starmer advises British nationals in Lebanon to "leave immediately" as tension between Hezbollah and Israel increases.[855]
  • 25 September – Petrol prices fall to their lowest level in three years, with the average price for a litre of unleaded costing about £1.35.[856]
  • 27 September
  • 28 September – Labour MP Rosie Duffield quits the party over what she describes as leader Keir Starmer's "cruel" policies and "staggering hypocrisy" over his acceptance of gifts. In her resignation letter to Starmer she says, "The sleaze, nepotism and apparent avarice are off the scale. I am so ashamed of what you and your inner circle have done to tarnish and humiliate our once proud party." Her resignation is the fastest by an MP following a general election in modern political history.[859]
  • 30 September
    • The UK's only remaining coal power plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire is shut down, ending the country's 142-year history of coal-fired electricity.[860]
    • A 14-year-old girl is treated in hospital after a suspected acid attack outside a school in west London.[861]

October

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  • 1 October
    • The price of an average energy bill rises by £149 per year to £1,717.[862]
    • Buckingham Palace announces that Princess Beatrice of York is expecting her second child.[863]
    • A new law requires hospitality sector workers in England, Wales and Scotland to receive all money from tips left by customers.[864]
  • 2 October – The first flight chartered by the UK government to evacuate British nationals from Lebanon following the increase in tension between Hezbollah and Israel arrives in the UK with 150 people on board.[865]
  • 3 October – The UK announces that it will give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, subject to finalisation of a treaty.[866]
  • 4 October
    • A Royal Navy investigation finds that women in the Submarine Service have faced misogyny, bullying and other unacceptable behaviour. First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Ben Key, who heads the Royal Navy, apologises and describes such behaviour as "intolerable".[867]
    • The UK government pledges £22bn in investment over the next 25 years for projects to capture and store carbon emissions from energy, industry and hydrogen production.[868]
    • Data published by the Independent Schools Council, the body representing private schools in the UK, indicates a 4.6% fall in the number of private students starting in private sector secondary education in September 2024.[869]
    • 395 migrants cross the English Channel in small boats from France to the UK.[870]
  • 5 October
    • A large pro-Palestinian protest, involving tens of thousands of marchers, takes place in central London, coinciding with the first anniversary of the 7 October attacks.[871]
    • French authorities say that 4 people, including a 2-year-old boy, died trying to cross the Channel to the UK.[870]
    • According to the Home Office, 973 people crossed the English Channel on this date in 17 boats, the highest daily number for 2024, making the total number so far for the year 26,612 people in 503 boats.[870]
  • 6 October
  • 7 October
    • 1,000 jobs are to be lost at fast food restaurant TGI Fridays despite a rescue package after the company went into administration.[875]
    • From this date onwards, all UK payment service providers are required to reimburse victims of authorised push payment fraud. This new regulation supersedes a voluntary code introduced in May 2019, of which only 10 payment service providers were members.[876]
    • The price of a first class stamp increases by 30p to £1.65.[877]
  • 8 October
  • 9 October – The All England Club announces it will adopt electronic line calling from 2025, meaning line judges will disappear from the Wimbledon Championships.[881]
  • 10 October
    • A new Lesser Arms heraldic Coat of Arms, used by the UK government of King Charles III by artist Timothy Noad is officially unveiled.[882]
    • A further 65 women are reported to have contacted the BBC regarding sexual abuse by the late former Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed.[883]
    • The Prince and Princess of Wales visit Southport, where they meet the families of the three children killed in the July stabbing. It is the Princess's first public engagement since her cancer treatment.[884]
    • A technical fault with the BBC Weather website and app leads to incorrect forecasts of hurricane winds in the UK and internationally, with one forecast predicting winds of 13,508mph in London.[885]
    • Data published by the Home Office shows a 25% rise in reported incidents of religious hate crime over the past 12 months, largely against Muslims and Jews as a result of the Israel–Hamas war.[886]
  • 11 October
    • Office for National Statistics figures show the UK economy grew by 0.2% during August, following two months of stagnation.[887]
    • Virginia McCullough, who murdered her parents in 2019 then lived in the family home alongside their bodies for four years, is sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 36 years.[888]
  • 12 October
  • 15 October
  • 16 October
    • Office for National Statistics figures show that UK inflation decreased unexpectedly to 1.7% in the year to September, its lowest level in over three years.[893]
    • A suspected gas explosion destroys three houses in Benwell, Newcastle, killing a seven-year-old boy and a man in his thirties, and hospitalising six other people.[894][895]
    • The University of Oxford rejects former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan's application to become chancellor.[896]
  • 17 October
    • The National Gallery has banned liquids, such as baby formula and milk, from its premises following a number of attacks on artworks.[897]
    • A 4-month-old baby dies after a boat overloaded with more than 60 migrants sank attempting to cross the Channel from France to England.[789]
  • 18 October
    • King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in Australia for their royal tour, Charles's first visit to the country since becoming King.[898]
    • The body of Scotland's former first minister, Alex Salmond, is flown back to Scotland from North Macedonia in a private jet paid for by Scottish businessman Tom Hunter.[899]
    • The Met Office warns of strong winds, potentially reaching 80 mph, along with heavy rain, ahead of the expected arrival of Storm Ashley.[900]
  • 19 October
    • BBC News reports that the UK government is exploring how to hand over ownership of the Post Office to thousands of subpostmasters.[901]
    • In a Sunday Times interview, Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy says that he has been told by doctors he has terminal cancer.[902]
  • 20 October
    • The UK government announces plans to appoint a minister to oversee the building of HS2, as well as confirming it will not reinstate the route's Birmingham to Manchester leg.[903]
    • An amber weather alert is in place for western Scotland and the north and west of Northern Ireland as Storm Ashley arrives in the UK; yellow alerts are issued for other parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Welsh coast.[904]
  • 21 October
    • Metropolitan Police officer Martyn Blake is cleared of the murder of Chris Kaba, who was shot in Streatham in September 2022.[905]
    • BBC News reports that the Serious Fraud Office is investigating the construction of a hotel and conference centre owned by the Unite union.[906]
    • The UK government announces plans to make more medical records, test results and letters from doctors available on the NHS App.[907]
    • A man dies and 15 people treated in hospital following a low-speed crash between two trains near the village of Llanbrynmair in Powys.[908]
  • 22 October
    • Reporting restrictions are lifted on the background of Chris Kaba, who it is revealed was a suspect in a shooting at a nightclub days before his death, and was also a rapper who belonged to the infamous 67 gang, a UK drill group and criminal gang.[909]
    • Figures show that government borrowing rose by £16.6bn in September 2024, the third highest September on record since records began in 1993.[910]
    • The International Monetary Fund increases its growth forecast for the UK from 0.7% (in July) to 1.1%, and says the UK economy is set to "accelerate".[911]
    • The UK government begins a second tranche of early prisoner releases involving 1,100 inmates in order to alleviate prison overcrowding in England and Wales.[912]
  • 23 October
    • The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) announces that the Alzheimer's drug Donanemab will not be made available on the NHS in England because of its cost and relatively minor benefit to patients.[913]
    • Two survivors of the Manchester Arena bombing win a High Court case against former television producer Richard Hall, who had alleged that the terrorist attack was staged.[914]
    • Charles III and Camilla arrive in Samoa for a state visit, where the King will preside over the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.[915]
    • Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announces that firearms officers facing trial over shooting suspects will have automatic anonymity until conviction under new reforms.[916]
    • A woman is arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the deaths of three residents at a care home in Swanage, Dorset.[917]
    • French authorities say 3 people died after a small boat carrying 48 migrants got into trouble attempting to cross the Channel from France to England. This brings the death toll for 2024, so far, to 56. In 2023 there were 12 deaths.[789]
  • 24 October
  • 25 October
    • Alexander McCartney, 26, who organised one of the largest catfishing operations on the Internet, is sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 20 years. His crimes, which targeted around 3,500 children across 30 countries, are described by Mr Justice O'Hara as ones of "sadism and depravity" which "scarred" the childhoods of his victims.[921]
    • Appearing at the Old Bailey, Dylan Earl pleads guilty to carrying out an arson attack on a Ukrainian-owned business in east London on behalf of Russia.[922]
    • A Scottish couple are given permission to proceed with a legal case that will attempt to overturn the scrapping of universal winter fuel payments for pensioners.[923]
  • 27 October – Labour MP Mike Amesbury is suspended from the party and has the whip withdrawn, after CCTV footage emerges appearing to show him punching a man to the ground.[924]
  • 28 October – Far-right activist Tommy Robinson is jailed for 18 months for contempt of court for repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee, in breach of an injunction.[925]

Predicted and scheduled events

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Deaths

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Main articles: Deaths in 2024 and 2024 deaths in the United Kingdom

See also

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